Planning application
Picks Farm, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 Habitat Regulations and 4 Contaminated Land of EPF/2250/25 (Application to determine if Prior Approval is required for a proposed change of use of agricultural buildings to flexible use).
As published by the council, reference EPF/2250/25
Application record
- Reference
- EPF/2250/25
- Type
- Approval of details reserved by a condition
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 4 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 4 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 12 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Waltham Abbey South and Rural
- Parish
- Waltham Abbey
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- E4 7RA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Epping Forest register
This site has had 3 applications since 2019: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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EPF/2626/19 Granted
Picks Farm Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey E4 7RA
Certificate of lawful development for a rear dormer.
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EPF/2535/19 Granted
Picks Farm Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey E4 7RA
Proposed erection of x3 no. rear pitched roof dormers to the existing roof pitch.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Nov 2025
Received by Epping Forest
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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12 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approve
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Epping Forest granted permission on 12 August 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Lee Valley Campsite, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RA
64% historically approved · decision due ~13 Aug
Relocation of six existing static caravans and the provision of ten static caravan, four hotel pods, internal roads, landscaping, parking and associated works.
Awaiting decision Full applications 31 docs -
Picks Farm Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey E4 7RA
Certificate of lawful development for a rear dormer.
Granted Lawful development Loft or dormer 2 docs -
Willow Tree Lodge, Mill Lane, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RB
Single storey ancillary outbuilding.
Refused Householder 18 docsSmall domestic -
Picks Cottage Sewardstone Road Waltham Abbey E4 7RA
Application for Variation of Conditions 2"completed strictly in accordance with the approved drawings" & 10"size and position of lodges" for EPF/1564/17. (Stationing of x3 no. anglers' holiday lodges with associated parking & hard & soft landscaping).
Granted Full applications 2 docs -
Daws Hill Nursery, Daws Hill, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RD
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 Bat Method Statement, 4 Tree protection, 5 Surface Water Drainage, 6 Types and Colours of external finishes, 7 Hard and Soft Landscaping, 11 Ecology and 17 Contaminated Land of EPF/0270/24 (Replacement Dwelling and demolition of existing buildings with associated servicing and landscaping).
Split decision Conditions Demolition Trees 12 docsDomestic -
Garden Cottage, Daws Hill, Waltham Abbey, E4 7RD
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed shed.
Granted Lawful development 7 docsSmall domestic
Other condition discharge and variation applications
In Epping Forest
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EPF/1731/26 Awaiting decision
Land at Greensted Road, Chipping Ongar, CM5 9LA
Approval of Biodiversity Gain Plan Reserved by Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) (alongside Condition 3 - HMMP under EPF/2604/25) of EPF/1546/24 (Redevelopment of the site to provide 85 dwellings including affordable housing, car and cycle parking, access arrangements, landscaping, services and associated infrastructure (ONG.R5 - Allocated Site In Ongar))
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EPF/1722/26 Awaiting decision
Playing Field, Hillhouse, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3EH
Approval of Detail Reserved by Condition 12 flood assessment & Condition 13 Surface Water of EPF/2207/16 (Outline application (all matters reserved, except approval sought for detail of access) for Health Centre building; 60 Independent Living Older Persons Apartments Building (Use Class C2 - with a minimum of 6 hours care to be provided per week for each apartment) minimum 40% affordable; Leisure Centre and Swimming Pool Building (to include Fitness Suite and Community Hall) ; Open Space including a mini soccer grass pitch for use by under 7/8 year olds and footpaths; Ancillary development including three vehicular accesses off Hillhouse, car parking, and SUDs Infrastructure and demolition of Ninefields Community Centre Building.)
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EPF/1504/26 Granted
Playing Field, Hillhouse, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3EH
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 15 and 16 Contaminated Land of EPF/2207/16 (Outline application (all matters reserved, except approval sought for the detail of access) for Health Centre building; 60 Independent Living Older Persons Apartment Building (Use Class C2 – with minimum of 6 hours care to be provided per week for each apartment) minimum 40% affordable; Leisure Centre and Swimming Pool Building (to include Fitness Suite and Community Hall); Open Space mini soccer grass pitch for use by under 7/8 year old and footpaths; Ancillary development including three vehicle accesses off Hillhouse, car parking, and SUDs Infrastructure and demolition of Ninefields Community Centre Building).
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EPF/1494/26 Refused
29, Chigwell Rise, Chigwell, IG7 6AQ
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 Surface Water Drainage of EPF/0783/26 (Part single and part double storey rear and front extension, single storey side extension and loft conversion including raising roof ridge).
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EPF/1593/26 Granted
18 Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1EE
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 3 Materials of EPF/1672/25 Allowed on Appeal - Appeal B - (Grade II Listed Building consent to repair & replace existing fire damaged flat & pitched roof where required).